I have to ask - I am so worried about this last book. I have never got ove the dark tower ending and i was rather disappointed with the wheel of time .
so if you have read it what I want to know is - what did you think of it ?
has anyone here actually read the Last Dark?
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variol son
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I don't think anyone's read anything other than the teaser chapter on SRD's website. A few new threads about the ARC usually pop up pretty quickly after the it comes out/gets leaked, so it's often easy to tell when we've reached a point when someone will have read the whole thing.
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In the name of their ancient pride and humiliation, they had made commitments with no possible outcome except bereavement.
He knew only that they had never striven to reject the boundaries of themselves.
In the name of their ancient pride and humiliation, they had made commitments with no possible outcome except bereavement.
He knew only that they had never striven to reject the boundaries of themselves.
Re: has anyone here actually read the Last Dark?
Couldn't resist, could you? Haha.renny wrote:I have never got ove the dark tower ending
dlb!
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The ending of TLD, read at your own risk!renny wrote:any chance of a hint ?
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It turns out Lord Foul is actually YOU the READER. You've been trapped reading these books the entire time. Darn you Creato--err, Stephen Donaldson! As the final chapter closes and the arch shatters the words on the page slowly jumble and fade away... FIN
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I've been wondering why I always sort of sided with LF, and was angry when Covenant emerged victorious against him. That explains it!
Wait, I can't be LF, I am Esmer!
Wait, I can't be LF, I am Esmer!
I know what an analogy is! It's like a thought...with another thought's hat on...?
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The thing most people don't remember in regards to the Haruchai, is that you NEVER EVER play poker with them!
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What we have to do is shower the beautifull Seareach with gifts and delicacies untill her englamoured mind lets slip some hint or morsel of the fabulous treasure which it contains. [Summons up the enormousely persuasive power of his unequalled raffish charm]
(motto; Every man over 40 is a scoundrel)
(motto; Every man over 40 is a scoundrel)
The truth is a Lion and does not need protection. Once free it will look after itself.
....and the glory of the world becomes less than it was....
'Have we not served you well'
'Of course - you know you have.'
'Then let it end.'
We are the Bloodguard
....and the glory of the world becomes less than it was....
'Have we not served you well'
'Of course - you know you have.'
'Then let it end.'
We are the Bloodguard
Yeah. Good luck with that.peter wrote:What we have to do is shower the beautifull Seareach with gifts and delicacies untill her englamoured mind lets slip some hint or morsel of the fabulous treasure which it contains. [Summons up the enormousely persuasive power of his unequalled raffish charm]
(motto; Every man over 40 is a scoundrel)
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Interestingly I have actually (and in reality) 'kissed the Blarney Stone' - an act said to confer on the performer the 'Power of Persuasion' ie the ability to persuade anyone to do anything at any time. I've never really put it to the test so perhaps.......
The truth is a Lion and does not need protection. Once free it will look after itself.
....and the glory of the world becomes less than it was....
'Have we not served you well'
'Of course - you know you have.'
'Then let it end.'
We are the Bloodguard
....and the glory of the world becomes less than it was....
'Have we not served you well'
'Of course - you know you have.'
'Then let it end.'
We are the Bloodguard
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I can conceive of SRD weaving an ending that would result in what Romeo suggests....and it potentially being a satisfying conclusion. That's how good a writer he is, that he can craft an story that uses a trope that hackneyed and still make it work.
I do not believe that is where he has gone, but I trust him enough to know that if he did it, he would make it work. However he ends the Chrons, it will not be a "...then the little boy fell out of bed and woke up from the dream" cop-out.
I do not believe that is where he has gone, but I trust him enough to know that if he did it, he would make it work. However he ends the Chrons, it will not be a "...then the little boy fell out of bed and woke up from the dream" cop-out.
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An ending that gave TC back his wife and son in his own world would be a good one for me - and for TC as well. I have always felt keenly for their plight.
The truth is a Lion and does not need protection. Once free it will look after itself.
....and the glory of the world becomes less than it was....
'Have we not served you well'
'Of course - you know you have.'
'Then let it end.'
We are the Bloodguard
....and the glory of the world becomes less than it was....
'Have we not served you well'
'Of course - you know you have.'
'Then let it end.'
We are the Bloodguard
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I feel for that, too...but such an ending? I can't conceive of a way it could happen that I would find satisfactory.peter wrote:An ending that gave TC back his wife and son in his own world would be a good one for me - and for TC as well. I have always felt keenly for their plight.
Nor the "wake up almost hit by a cop car one."
[though that might imply that if one of those DID happen, and I WAS satisfied, he's even better than I think...and I think he's pretty great already.
][spoiler]Sig-man, Libtard, Stupid piece of shit. change your text color to brown. Mr. Reliable, bullshit-slinging liarFucker-user.[/spoiler]
the difference between evidence and sources: whether they come from the horse's mouth or a horse's ass.
"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."
the hyperbole is a beauty...for we are then allowed to say a little more than the truth...and language is more efficient when it goes beyond reality than when it stops short of it.
the difference between evidence and sources: whether they come from the horse's mouth or a horse's ass.
"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."
the hyperbole is a beauty...for we are then allowed to say a little more than the truth...and language is more efficient when it goes beyond reality than when it stops short of it.